Weights run from thin to fat, so I’ve had to play with Light, Thin and Book to get the right weight for print and web, and in headlines and body copy. Stag Sans (14 faces) – This font by Commercial Type is simply gorgeous. So without further ado, we give you… Our Top 10 Font Alternatives to Helvetica I choose them for the same reasons another designer would choose Helvetica, but also when I want something fresh.
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I love them all as only a type geek can, and I’ve used most of them for professional and personal projects. In a way, I’m sort of giving away the farm here because I’ll admit, these fonts have become my fallbacks.
They’re modern, classic and universal at once.
Rather, these alternatives fit a few additional criteria that Helvetica answers: Heck, even certain 18-year-old, Australian “business owners” have Helvetica on their top fonts to never use (harsh, dude!)īefore we dive into our list, we should qualify that the point isn’t to solely direct our dear readers to fonts that resemble Helvetica (although some do). And while we still have Helvetica to fall back on if we’re feeling a touch lazy, in today’s meta, font-for-every-occasion world, we have no excuse to not use a Helvetica alternative that might make even delightfully cranky Bruno Maag happy, if that’s possible. Thanks to the internet and fantastic type foundries around the globe, we designers have more fonts available to us than ever. It’s featured in countless corporate logos, remains the go-to choice to convey a certain hipster, ironically neutral aesthetic ( American Apparel comes to mind), and is even the subject of its own documentary. Love it or hate it, Helvetica remains one of the most popular, ubiquitous, and enduring fonts of all time. The article was a hit! So, we decided it would be beneficial to publish the article again for your reading enjoyment. Believe it or not, there are quite a few Helvetica font alternatives you can use.Ī few years ago, we published an article to help designers and typography enthusiasts explore alternatives to Helvetica.
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